Michael Sean Winters: In Canada, the number of people who end their lives through euthanasia is growing significantly, and the country has few safeguards in place. Americans should think twice before adopting similar laws.
The bishops of the Archdiocese of Seattle reiterated the Catholic Church's opposition to assisted suicide in response to a news report about a man who used a fatal drug combination to end his own life under Washington state's Death with Dignity Act.
A senior Dutch priest criticized media reports on the death of a teenager experiencing depression, accusing foreign media of "sensationalizing euthanasia" in his country.
The Maine House of Representatives and Senate have passed a measure that would legalize assisted suicide in the state and the bill reached the desk of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills June 4.
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Caring for the sick, especially those near death, cannot be reduced simply to giving them medicine, but must include providing healing and comfort that gives their lives value and meaning, Pope Francis said.
The American Medical Association House of Delegates voted 314-243 not to affirm the report of the organization's ethics council to maintain the AMA's long-held opposition to assisted suicide.
